How do i set my hp laserjet cp1025nw to economy print.

Please help i only used this thing for 2 weeks and my black cartrage went down 30% and my yellow 10% i printed 95 pages for black and 36 for yellow is this normal? If it is i also want to know how to get it on economy settings if possible!

Re: How do i set my hp laserjet cp1025nw to economy print.

‎02-27-201211:09 AM - last edited on ‎04-18-201604:26 PM by OscarFuentes

Hello,

Thanks for the post. On this one, you have several options, I've included the link below. You can go into the printer settings and change the presets there for the type of printing that you are doing. Good Luck!

Re: How do i set my hp laserjet cp1025nw to economy print.

The article above was taken down so I don't know if that could have helped, but I have a Mac and I really want to be able to turn on Economy Mode, or lower the resultion, or do anything to save some toner and the only 2 options I get under the Print Quality are 600DPI and imageRET2400 which both look great but way better than I need it too and uses up a lot of ink. Under the color option it's just RGB Vivid and Photo which both seem like they would not be any lower quality. I have read through so many forums and no one seems to have an answer. PLEASE HELP ME.

Re: How do i set my hp laserjet cp1025nw to economy print.

Thanks for the post. Great question, sorry the link is busted now though because if memory serves correct, that was a great document. I was able to locate this within the User's Guide. Check #5 below. Good Luck!

Adjust colorManage color by changing the settings on the Color tab in the printer driver.Change the color theme for a print job1. On the File menu in the software program, click Print.2. Click Properties or Preferences.3. Click the Color tab.4. Select a color theme from the Color Themes drop-down list.● Default (sRGB): This theme sets the product to print RGB data in raw device mode. Whenusing this theme, manage color in the software program or in the operating system for correctrendering.● Vivid: The product increases the color saturation in the midtones. Use this theme whenprinting business graphics.● Photo: The product interprets RGB color as if it were printed as a photograph using a digitalmini lab. The product renders deeper, more saturated colors differently than with the Default(sRBG) theme. Use this theme when printing photos.● Photo (Adobe RGB 1998): Use this theme with printing digital photos that use theAdobeRGB color space rather than sRGB. Turn off color management in the softwareprogram when using this theme.● None: No color theme is used.74 Chapter 7 Color ENWWChange the color optionsChange the color options settings for the current print job from the color tab of the printer driver.1. On the File menu in the software program, click Print.2. Click Properties or Preferences.3. Click the Color tab.4. Click the Automatic or Manual setting.● Automatic setting: Select this setting for most color print jobs● Manual setting: Select this setting to adjust the color settings independent from othersettings.NOTE: Changing color settings manually can impact output. HP recommends that onlycolor graphics experts change these settings.5. Click the Print in Grayscale option to print a color document in black and shades of gray. Usethis option to print color documents for photocopying or faxing. You can also use this option toprint draft copies or to save color toner.6. Click the OK button.Manual color optionsUse manual color options to adjust the Neutral Grays, Halftone, and Edge Control options fortext, graphics, and photographs.ENWW Adjust color 75Table 7-1 Manual color optionsSetting description Setting optionsEdge ControlThe Edge Control setting determines the renderingof edges. Edge control has two components:adaptive halftoning and trapping. Adaptivehalftoning increases edge sharpness. Trappingreduces the effect of color-plane misregistration byoverlapping the edges of adjacent objects slightly.● Off turns off both trapping and adaptive halftoning.● Light sets trapping at a minimal level. Adaptive halftoning is on.● Normal sets trapping at a medium level. Adaptive halftoning ison.● Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting. Adaptivehalftoning is on.HalftoneHalftone options affect color output clarity andresolution.● Smooth provides better results for large, solid-filled print areasand enhances photographs by smoothing color gradations. Selectthis option when uniform and smooth area fills are important.● Detail is useful for text and graphics that require sharpdistinctions among lines or colors, or images that contain apattern or a high level of detail. Select this option when sharpedges and small details are important.Neutral GraysThe Neutral Grays setting determines the methodfor creating gray colors used in text, graphics, andphotographs.● Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) by usingonly black toner. This guarantees neutral colors without a colorcast. This setting is best for documents and grayscale viewgraphs.● 4-Color generates neutral colors (grays and black) by combiningall four toner colors. This method produces smoother gradientsand transitions to other colors, and it produces the darkest black.

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Re: How do i set my hp laserjet cp1025nw to economy print.

Thanks so much for the insight. The only issue is that I don't want to print in complete black and white, I was just hoping to print with limited color. Such as (as I used on my older InkJet printer) Fast Draft or Draft Mode, or even going to a "Low Quality" or "Low resolution" mode. Pretty much I need to be able to identify which color is which but besides that I want to use as little color (and as much grayscale) as possible. I did find through your post that if I turned the RGB option to None (as opposed to "RGBdefault"), it seemed to print with less ink usage, but it is still so much higher quality of a print than I need, I feel like there must be something else I can do.

Thanks again Stix4! And you or anyone else has any ideas or suggestion please let me know.